terminal

adjective

1 a terminal illness:

incurable, untreatable, inoperable, end-stage;

fatal, mortal, deadly, lethal, killing.

2 terminal patients:

dying, near death;

incurable.

3 the terminal tip of the probe:

end, extreme.

▷antonyms initial, first.

4 a terminal bonus may be payable when a policy matures:

final, last, concluding, closing, ultimate, finishing, terminating.

5 informal you've made a terminal fool of yourself:

complete, utter, absolute, total, real, thorough, out-and-out, downright, consummate, perfect, veritable;

British, informal right, proper;

Australian, New Zealand, informal fair;

archaic arrant.

noun

1 a railroad terminal:

station, last stop, end of the line;

depot;

British terminus.

2 the screen of a computer terminal:

workstation, VDU, visual display unit, PC, input/output device;

monitor, console, keyboard.